Finding righteous currents in turbulent times

Babes of Burlesque: 3

ANGIE PONTANI

“The Italian Stallionette” from Brooklyn, New York, Angie Pontani was described by one critic as being “as curvy as the Italian Alps and just as striking.” She is a co-founder of the New York Burlesque Festival, the longest running one in the country, and won the coveted Queen of Burlesque, Miss Exotic World title in 2008. She’s appeared multiple times on The Conan O’Brien Show and tours extensively with Burlesque-A-Pades. Here she is at the 2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas.

Now, the performance she gave at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2009 to cap off her reign as Miss Exotic World, dancing to the Mantovani Orchestra’s “La Vie En Rose.”